Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 No 9

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
06 July 2009 06 July 2009 2007 No 94
13 December 2007 13 December 2007 2007 No 89
04 July 2007 04 July 2007 2004 No 100
02 April 2007 02 April 2007 2004 No 100
04 December 2006 04 December 2006 2006 No 124
20 June 2006 20 June 2006 2006 No 58
17 March 2006 17 March 2006 2006 No 2
01 December 2005 01 December 2005 2003 No 45
01 March 2005 01 March 2005 2004 No 99
01 August 2004 01 August 2004 2003 No 45
2003 No 82
2004 No 37
22 July 2003 22 July 2003 2003 No 40
14 December 2001 14 December 2001 2001 No 112
14 January 2000 14 January 2000 1999 No 76

Nurses and Midwives Act 1991 No 9

Assented to 26.04.1991.

Previously Nurses Act 1991.

Date of commencement, Part 1, sec 81 and Sch 3 excepted, 13.3.1992, sec 2 (1) and Gazette No 36 of 13.3.1992, p 1680.

Date of commencement of Part 1, sec 81 and Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 89

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2.9, assent, sec 2 (1).

Health Legislation Amendment (Unregistered Health Practitioners) Act 2006 No 124

Assented to 04.12.2006.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 No 58

Assented to 20.06.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.7 [1] and [4], assent, sec 2 (2).

Date of commencement of Sch 3.7 [2] and [3], 1.10.2005, Sch 3.7.

Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 2

Assented to 13.03.2006.

Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.

Nurses and Midwives Amendment (Performance Assessment) Act 2004 No 100

Assented to 15.12.2004.

Date of commencement, 2.4.2007, sec 2 and GG No 34 of 28.2.2007, p 1127.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27

Assented to 04.07.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).

Health Registration Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 99

Assented to 15.12.2004.

Date of commencement, 1.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 25.2.2005, p 478.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 37

Assented to 15.06.2004.

Date of commencement, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6113.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003 No 82

Assented to 27.11.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, 1.8.2004, Sch 1.21 and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.

Nurses Amendment Act 2003 No 45

Assented to 30.09.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1 (Sch 1 [99] and [100] excepted), 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.

Sch 1 [99] and [100] were not commenced and were repealed by the Health Registration Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 99.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, 1.12.2005, sec 2 (2) and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40

Assented to 22.07.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.33, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001 No 112

Assented to 14.12.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1999 No 76

Assented to 03.12.1999.

Date of commencement, 14.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 3 of 14.1.2000, p 167.

Nurses Amendment (Nurse Practitioners) Act 1998 No 102

Assented to 02.11.1998.

Date of commencement, 29.10.1999, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 29.10.1999, p 10238.

Nurses Amendment Act 1996 No 61

Assented to 19.09.1996.

Date of commencement, 6.12.1996, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 8.11.1996, p 7389.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 No 32

Assented to 02.06.1994.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Nurses Act 1991, assent, Sch 2.

Health Care Complaints Act 1993 No 105

Assented to 02.12.1993.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Nurses Act 1991, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239.

Legal Profession Reform Act 1993 No 87

Assented to 29.11.1993.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, 17.12.1993, sec 2 and GG No 138 of 17.12.1993, p 7277.

Nurses (Amendment) Act 1992 No 95

Assented to 02.12.1992.

Date of commencement, 29.10.1993, sec 2 and GG No 119 of 29.10.1993, p 6440.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94

Assented to 17.12.1991.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Nurses Act 1991, assent, Sch 1.

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Long title

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [1].

Sec 1

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [2].

Sec 2A

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 3

Am 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (1); 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [1]; 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [1]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [1].

Sec 3A

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 4

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [6]–[12]; 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [2] [3].

Sec 4, note

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [4]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [13].

Sec 4A

Ins 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (2). Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [14].

Sec 4B

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [15].

Sec 4C

Ins 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [4].

Sec 5

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [16]–[19].

Sec 5A

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [5]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [20] [21].

Sec 6

Rep 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [22].

Sec 7

Am 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (3). Rep 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [23].

Part 3, heading

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [24].

Sec 8

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [25].

Sec 9

Am 1996 No 61, Sch 1 [1]–[4]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [26] [27]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [1].

Sec 10

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [6]–[12]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [28]. Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.43 [1].

Sec 12

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [29].

Sec 12A

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [30].

Sec 13

Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.43 [2].

Part 4, Div 1, heading

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [31].

Sec 16

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [13]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [32].

Sec 17

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [14]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [33].

Sec 18

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [34]–[40].

Sec 19

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [41]. Am 2003 No 82, Sch 1.21 [1] [2].

Sec 19A

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [15]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [42].

Sec 20

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [43].

Sec 21

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [16] [17]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [44]–[46].

Sec 22

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [47].

Sec 23

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [48]–[50].

Sec 24

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [51]–[57].

Sec 25

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [58]–[60].

Sec 26

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [61]–[64].

Sec 27

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [65]–[70].

Sec 28

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [71]–[73]; 2003 No 82, Sch 1.21 [3].

Secs 28A–28C

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [74].

Sec 29

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [75].

Sec 29A

Ins 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (4). Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [76].

Sec 30

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [20]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [77].

Sec 31

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [21] [22]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [78] [79].

Sec 32

Am 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (5); 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [23]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [80].

Sec 33

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [81]–[84].

Sec 34

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [24]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [85].

Sec 35

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [86].

Sec 36

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [25]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [87].

Sec 37

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [88].

Sec 38

Rep 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [89].

Sec 40

Rep 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [90].

Sec 41

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [26]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [91] [92].

Sec 42

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [93].

Part 4, Div 7 (secs 42A–42D)

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [94].

Part 4A, Divs 1–7 (secs 42E–42ZB)

Ins 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [2].

Sec 43

Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [95].

Sec 44

Am 1992 No 95, Sch 1 (6); 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [96]–[98] [101]; 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [5].

Sec 45

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [2]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [102]–[105]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 46

Subst 1993 No 105, Sch 3. Am 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [3]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [106]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [4].

Sec 47

Rep 1993 No 105, Sch 3.

Sec 48

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [107]–[115].

Sec 48A

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [116].

Sec 49

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [117].

Sec 50

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3.

Sec 51

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [118] [119]; 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [6].

Sec 52

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.33 [1]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [120].

Sec 53

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [121] [122]; 2004 No 99, Sch 1.5 [7] [8]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [2] [3].

Sec 54

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [123] [124].

Sec 55

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [125]–[127].

Sec 56

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [128]; 2004 No 200, Sch 1 [5] (am 2007 No 27, Sch 2.38).

Sec 57

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [129].

Sec 58

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [130].

Part 5, Div 3, heading

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [131].

Sec 59

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [132]–[134].

Sec 60

Am 1993 No 87, Sch 5; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [1]; 2007 No 89, Sch 1.4 [1].

Sec 61

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.33 [2]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [135].

Sec 62

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [136]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [4].

Sec 64

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [137]–[143]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [2].

Sec 65

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [144] [145].

Sec 66

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [146]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [6]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [3] [4].

Sec 67

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [147]–[149].

Sec 68

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [150]–[158]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [5]–[7].

Sec 69

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [159].

Secs 69A, 69B

Ins 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [8].

Sec 70

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [160].

Part 5, Div 4

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4].

Part 5, Div 4, heading

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [161].

Sec 70A

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [162] [163].

Sec 70B

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [164].

Sec 70C

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [165].

Sec 70D

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [166] [167].

Sec 70E

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4].

Sec 70F

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [168].

Sec 70G

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [169].

Sec 70GA

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [170].

Sec 70H

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [171].

Sec 70I

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [172].

Sec 70IA

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [172].

Sec 70J

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [173] [174].

Sec 70K

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [175].

Sec 70L

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [176].

Part 5, Div 5

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4].

Part 5, Div 5, heading

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Subst 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [177].

Sec 70M

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [178].

Sec 70N

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [179] [180].

Sec 70O

Ins 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [4].

Sec 73

Am 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [27]–[30]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [181]–[188].

Sec 74

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [189]; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.

Sec 75A

Ins 1999 No 76, Sch 4.

Sec 76

Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [190]–[194].

Sec 76A

Ins 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [7].

Sec 77

Am 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [5]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [195]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [8]; 2007 No 89, Sch 2.9 [1] [2].

Sec 77A

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [196].

Sec 77B

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [196]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 2.11 [1]–[3].

Sec 78

Am 1996 No 61, Sch 2 [6]; 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [31]–[34]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [197]–[206].

Sec 78A

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [35]. Am 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [207] [208]; 2004 No 37, Sch 4 [1] [2].

Sec 78A, note

Ins 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [35]. Subst 2004 No 37, Sch 4 [3].

Sch 1

Am 1996 No 61, Sch 1 [5]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [209]–[214].

Sch 1A

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [215].

Sch 1B

Ins 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [215]. Am 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [1].

Sch 2

Am 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2001 No 112, Sch 3.9; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [216]–[224]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.7 [2]; 2007 No 89, Sch 1.4 [2] [3].

Sch 2A

Ins 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [9].

Sch 3

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 2; 1996 No 61, Sch 1 [6] [7]; 1998 No 102, Sch 1 [36]; 2003 No 45, Sch 1 [225] [226]; 2004 No 100, Sch 1 [10]; 2006 No 124, Sch 3.5 [9] [10].

Nurses Bill 1991

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